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Marriages at Sutton under Brailes 1578 to 1812

Note. – The Marriages in this Parish are contained in four small Volumes, Unfortunately, however, those registered from 1599 to 1716 inclusive are missing.

The oldest Volume is a small book of parchment, the outer leaf left blank and ending abruptly at its eighth page. It measures 7.75 by 5.5 inches, and has as a heading –

The Register Booke of
Sutton-under-Brailes in
The Countie of Glouc. beginninge
In the year of our Lord God, 1577.

Volume II is of parchment bound in a cover of the same material. It measures 16.5 by 7.5 inches, and contains Baptisms, Burials and Marriages. It is in good condition, and some of the latter are entered in the 3rd Volume.

Volume III is of paper and consists of 25 pages, measuring 8.5 by 6.5. The paper has the Britannia Watermark.

Volume IV is an official folio.

The Marriages have been extracted by the Rev. J. H. Bloom and printed under his supervision with the consent of the Rev. J. C. Bradley, Rector.

Source: Gloucestershire Parish Register. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., Vol. IV. Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 36, Essex Street, Strand, London. 1898.